Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part XX (WTF are we going to do this Off-Season edition)

[Alluckks]

Too busy with personal matters to show up for exit meetings, but evidently not too busy to play golf lol

Do you want the address and time of the wake or something?

 

[McRanger92]

Hard not to notice the folks who are calling out JT Miller, who has been back for 15 minutes, and excusing the veterans who have been here the better part of a decade. Not saying I was over the moon with JT after his arrival but come on. “Showing your ass” as my father would say.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Hopefully Laf follows through. He is a huge key to this teams future. I'm still optimistic but its time he shows it on the ice next season.

I honestly do not know what to make of KAM. I have defended him because he has all the physical skills but also had so many unforced errors.

His hockey iq is very low.

 

[haohmaru]

i really dont think he did. he had to move Goodrow for cap reasons and he had to dump Trouba before the cat was fully out of the bag that he was useless so he could have the cap room the next year after he extended Igor. he still re-signed Lindgren for more money AAV than like 4 or 5 much better defensemen got on the open market. that alone tells me he was f***ing clueless.

Yes, he absolutely did.

“A lot of players had great seasons,” Drury told Larry Brooks of the New York Post. “A number of them have been very good Rangers for a long time. Now it's the part of the job to figure out whether this group collectively can get us to where we want to be. Nothing is off the table.”

That's not a GM that's confident in his current core needing to add some finishing touches.

 

[McRanger92]

Yes, he absolutely did.

“A lot of players had great seasons,” Drury told Larry Brooks of the New York Post. “A number of them have been very good Rangers for a long time. Now it's the part of the job to figure out whether this group collectively can get us to where we want to be. Nothing is off the table.”

That's not a GM that's confident in his current core needing to add some finishing touches.

I’m confused. Do people think a new GM will magically make the same players better? Even if he were to be replaced there need to be significant core destruction by the new guy. Ken Holland isn’t coming in and trading Artemi Panarin. Drury has at least shown a willingness to make unpopular moves.

 

[Levitate]

I’m confused. Do people think a new GM will magically make the same players better? Even if he were to be replaced there need to be significant core destruction by the new guy. Ken Holland isn’t coming in and trading Artemi Panarin. Drury has at least shown a willingness to make unpopular moves.

I think they hope that a new GM would make better moves than Drury. It's wish casting but that's what we have right now I guess

 

[Mandar]

End of Season Episode:

@will1066 .....sorry buddy, but Mollie is so much hotter than greasy Emily. With all due respect, my friend.

 

[Good Intentions]

Dirty, the antithesis of a captain, the antithesis of a leader, the antithesis of a communicator, is presenting/posing as a painfully awkwardly emotionless Belichick-type (minus the preparation, substance, or results).

Drury is a diminutive creepy middle-management crony who would be making 73k/year organizing tax forms in CT if not for falling ass backwards into his regal regional hockey family.

f*** Drury as a player. f*** Drury as a leader. f*** Drury as a communicator.

Fire Drury.

 

[zlev]

Hard not to notice the folks who are calling out JT Miller, who has been back for 15 minutes, and excusing the veterans who have been here the better part of a decade. Not saying I was over the moon with JT after his arrival but come on. “Showing your ass” as my father would say.

you cried about Trouba doing some painting in the offseason and then again spent an entire day in here crying when Laf did a commercial for a fast food place but now your boy JT shows he has some interests outside of hockey and you're the first one to defend him. that is showing your ass.

 

[zlev]

Yes, he absolutely did.

“A lot of players had great seasons,” Drury told Larry Brooks of the New York Post. “A number of them have been very good Rangers for a long time. Now it's the part of the job to figure out whether this group collectively can get us to where we want to be. Nothing is off the table.”

That's not a GM that's confident in his current core needing to add some finishing touches.

then why did he re-sign Lindgren? he was the worst player on the team. what he told Larry Brooks and what he actually did are at odds.

 

[Levitate]

you cried about Trouba doing some painting in the offseason and then again spent an entire day in here crying when Laf did a commercial for a fast food place but now your boy JT shows he has some interests outside of hockey that are actually interfering with his responsibilities for the team and you're the first one to defend him. that is showing your ass.

doesn't seem to be interfering with his team responsibilities? Nothing is happening today.

 

[Siddi]

Brian Boyle absolutely tee’d off on Mika on “up in the blue seats” today.

He went off on the whole team. Lets not missrepresent. We have enough divide amongst us as it is already.

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

And your obsession with Mika exceeds @Webster's obsession with Zuc, so really can't take anything you say about him seriously. Hope you enjoy the 20-40 and -20 again next year cause I won't.

But is it as bad as Bern's obsession with Boo Nieves?

 

[rangers1314]

He went off on the whole team. Lets not missrepresent. We have enough divide amongst us as it is already.

I posted that as I was listening, so in my defense he just hadn’t gotten there yet

 

[Siddi]

doesn't seem to be interfering with his team responsibilities? Nothing is happening today.

Did Trouba painting in his free time interfere with his team responsibilities? Mika creating music in his free time interfere with team responsibilities? Yet, both of them got bashed from the same posters now defending JT for having a passion for golf outside of hockey.

 

[zlev]

doesn't seem to be interfering with his team responsibilities? Nothing is happening today.

yeah you're right, i thought someone said that was why he missed the exit meetings

 

[Levitate]

He went off on the whole team. Lets not missrepresent. We have enough divide amongst us as it is already.

He and Boyle mainly went off on the players. Brooks was annoyed with management for protecting the players too much from the media etc and not holding them accountable, but mainly they were super unhappy with how the players have handled themselves over the past several years.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

I've harped on Drury long enough, but I genuinely wonder how he got his job. The guy essentially stole money from Dolan and was the worst captain this team has seen in a looooooong time and yet he wound up as our president/GM.

So yeah, there's some creeping doubt in my mind that Drury has the best intentions for this organization

Imo he went behind Gorton's back and told Dolan that if he were running the team he'd make it tougher. Just my opinion, how is the assistant GM the only guy that saved his job during that cleaning house of firings? I'll tell ya how, he's the rat.

 

[haohmaru]

then why did he re-sign Lindgren? he was the worst player on the team. what he told Larry Brooks and what he actually did are at odds.

Who was replacing Lindgren? He wasn't the "worst player on the team" either. Just playing a role that he wasn't suited for anymore.

And he got a decent package back for him, no? I wouldn't point to that as a failure, personally.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Drury should be canned soon, so we are prepared for the draft...do it now

 

[Levitate]

Drury should be canned soon, so we are prepared for the draft...do it now

I think you're going to be disappointed

 

[zlev]

Who was replacing Lindgren? He wasn't the "worst player on the team" either. Just playing a role that he wasn't suited for anymore.

And he got a decent package back for him, no? I wouldn't point to that as a failure, personally.

there were plenty of other free agent options that were much better than Lindgren. all he had to do was sign one of them and not Lindgren, it wasn't that difficult.

 

[rangers1314]

“Mika’s effort in the first 40 games was abysmal. Abysmal”- BB.

 

[DanielBrassard]

“Mika’s effort in the first 40 games was abysmal. Abysmal”- BB.

If the media keeps piling on, maybe that will make him change his tune on not being willing to waive

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

I think they hope that a new GM would make better moves than Drury. It's wish casting but that's what we have right now I guess

You would think this part would be obvious to some but evidently not